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Criminal Justice

Elizabeth Geyer shares the story of her boyfriend, George Trudel, an inmate at Graterford with a life sentence. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Criminal justice reform advocates decry Pa.’s life without parole law at Chester rally

Elizabeth Geyer has been talking herself hoarse trying to change Pennsylvania’s criminal justice laws. She says a bill stalled i ...

8 years ago

Three of four Democratic candidates for Delaware Attorney General debated in Wilmington. Seated left to right are Lakresha Roberts, Chris Johnson and Kathy Jennings.(Zoe Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Democratic candidates for Delaware Attorney General debate in Wilmington

Three of four Democratic candidates in Delaware’s Attorney General primary discussed solutions to mass incarceration during a debate in ...

8 years ago

Sakinah Crew comforts her 7-year-old son, Swyhir, during a rally to bring justice for the killing of Sandrea Williams. She was killed in a random act of gun violence outside of her mother’s home in West Philadelphia. Their teenage cousin was also injured by gunfire that night. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

Gun Violence Awareness Month begins with burial of Philly teen

On the eve of Gun Violence Awareness Month friends and family of Sandrea Williams, remembered her in West Philadelphia.

8 years ago

A 1943 photograph of a detention hospital for infected women in Leesville, LA.
Radio Times
Health

The American Plan: the government’s incarceration of ‘promiscuous’ women

Guest: Scott Stern The United States government incarcerated tens of thousands of “promiscuous” women in the ...

Air Date: May 31, 2018 10:00 am

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Rapper Meek Mill leaves Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center Wednesday morning, May 30, 2018, where his request for a new judge was denied.
Courts & Law

Philly judge says he doesn’t have authority to reassign Meek Mill’s case

Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley has presided over Mill’s case since his 2007 arrest on drug and gun charges. The rapper and the longtime judge have publicly feuded.

8 years ago

A closeup of Ricardo Cruciani
Courts & Law

Sex-abusing doctor’s patients: No justice in Philadelphia; is this a coverup?

A slew of patients who accuse Dr. Ricardo Cruciani of sexual misconduct in Philadelphia have yet to see authorities pursue a felony case against him.

8 years ago

NPR
Courts & Law

Harvey Weinstein charged with rape after surrendering to N.Y. police

Harvey Weinstein surrendered Friday to authorities at a police station in New York City.

8 years ago

Domestic Violence survivor Renee Norris Jones at her home in Nicetown. Norris Jones said that despite enduring years of abuse, nothing gave her more fear than when she was confronted with a gun. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

After years of domestic violence, a gun changed everything

Renee Norris Jones was in an abusive relationship for seven years.

8 years ago

Listen 7:48
FILE - In this July 22, 2017 file photo, Hannibal Buress performs at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles. The path to comedian Bill Cosby’s conviction of drugging and molesting a woman in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday, April 26, arguably started 3 ½ years earlier in a comedy club across town in Philadelphia, when Buress  mocked Cosby for his smug preachiness, then called him a rapist during his standup act. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Hannibal Buress almost avoids talking about Bill Cosby at Philly show

Known as the comic who brought down Bill Cosby, Hannibal Buress makes sure his bits don’t go viral in Philly.

8 years ago

About 50 protesters gathered inside the Starbucks near Rittenhouse Square on Monday morning to protest the recent arrest of two black men. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

New Starbucks policy: No purchase needed to sit in cafes

Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they don't buy anything.

8 years ago

Youth advocates (from right) Beatriz Jimenez, Jihid Mayes, and Aqilah David at City Hall (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Education

Education and conditions in juvenile detention remain poor, advocates say

The number of Philadelphia kids sent to juvenile detention facilities has dropped, but advocates say the conditions inside those facilities remain poor.

8 years ago

Kendrick Coley, 25, of Little Egg Harbor, is accused of fatally stabbing Richard Pone, 28, also of Little Egg Harbor.
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Prosecutor: Shore man faces murder charge after stabbing

A 25-year-old Little Egg Harbor man has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing, authorities say.

8 years ago

Correctional Sgt. Steven Floyd was beaten and stabbed to death during the uprising at the Vaughn prison. (File/WHYY)
Health

Report: Long waits for health care, outdated technology at Vaughn prison

An independent assessment of health care at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna finds fault with its 'sick call' process.

8 years ago

In April, the Pa. House passed a bill that would ban abortions in cases where there was a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. The legislation is dividing the special needs community. (Big Stock Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Pa. bill banning abortions for Down syndrome divides special needs community

A bill making its way through the Pa. legislature has split a community brought together by a common diagnosis, and it could be the next front in the abortion debate.

8 years ago

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In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns. (PBS)
PBS
Courts & Law

In one Indiana prison, a program allows incarcerated moms to raise their newborns

The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than any other country and a majority of these women are mothers.

8 years ago

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